# Post ts_116120276365839507

- Post ID: `ts_116120276365839507`
- Platform: Truth Social
- Posted: 2026-02-23T13:53:23.013Z (UTC)
- Deleted: no
- Repost: no
- Canonical URL: https://trump.fm/post/ts_116120276365839507
- Analysis page: https://trump.fm/post/ts_116120276365839507/analysis

## Post text

_No text of its own. The post is its media, below._

## What the media says

**Image** (screenshot), described automatically; these are a machine's words about the picture, not the poster's:

> Screenshot of a social media post (appears to be from X/Twitter) by the account "Border Patrol Union - NBPC" (@BPUnion), which has a verified checkmark badge. The profile picture is a dark circular badge/seal icon. The post is a lengthy text statement criticizing the Biden administration's border policy, crediting the Trump administration and named officials for border security, and voicing support for mass deportation. It mentions and tags @POTUS Trump, @SecWar Hegseth, @Sec_Noem, and @RealTomHoman as blue hyperlinked mentions, along with a #shutdown hashtag link. The post is timestamped and shows a view count at the bottom.

Text in the image: "Border Patrol Union - NBPC ✓ @BPUnion For the entire 4 years of the Biden administration's destructive term, his team allowed unfettered access and ceded complete control of our border to the Mexican cartels, so it's no surprise to anyone that the cartels were able to obtain the military-grade weapons & equipment that they currently possess. The amount of money that Biden and Border "Czar" Kamala Harris allowed the cartels to earn by encouraging (and facilitating) the unprecedented invasion at our borders is staggering and has allowed them to strengthen themselves with members and resources that rival foreign militaries. The ongoing DHS #shutdown only emboldens them. Fortunately for America, and with the STRONG support of @POTUS Trump, @SecWar Hegseth, @Sec_Noem & @RealTomHoman, we have the world's BEST military and border security agency (USBP) staffed by patriots who are deployed to protect & secure our borders. The chaos caused by Biden on the border extended into the interior of our great country, which is why we will continue the largest deportation operation in the history of this country! Millions of people from around the world were allowed in, many of whom were already criminals and who have gone on to commit horrendous crimes against our citizens, but their days are numbered! What happened at the border under the previous administration should NEVER be allowed to happen again. We thank President Trump for his strength and unwavering commitment to protect this great nation and keep Americans safe! 8:30 AM · Feb 23, 2026 · 6,257 Views"

## Media

- image: https://static-assets-1.truthsocial.com/tmtg:prime-ts-assets/media_attachments/files/116/120/276/014/453/992/original/40adcbf17907ba00.png

## Engagement

- Likes: 11,546
- Reposts: 3,595
- Replies: 393
- Views: unknown
- Metrics collected: 2026-02-24T02:30:17.787Z (UTC)

# Analysis

_Machine-generated by trump.fm on 2026-09-16T23:31:13.770Z (UTC): a model's reading of this post, not his words. Its psychological terms describe the language, not a clinical assessment of him._

The post carries no words of his own — a screenshot of a Border Patrol union account crediting "@POTUS Trump" by name for border security and praising "the world's BEST military and border security agency." What's analyzable is the choice to amplify it unedited, twenty-three minutes after the original went up (8:30 AM per the embedded timestamp against a 13:53 UTC post time), a same-morning reflex rather than an overnight rumination.

The selection functions as supply-seeking: rather than generate praise himself, he redistributes an in-group validator's praise, letting the union's language ("STRONG support," "we thank President Trump for his strength") stand in for self-description. That is consistent with a narcissistic reliance on external admiration rather than an internally generated identity claim, though the inference rests on a single retweet and would need a pattern of similar reposts to firm up. The narrative role on offer — protector against a cartel "invasion" the union describes as having "rival[ed] foreign militaries" under Biden — casts him as restorer of order against a predecessor's chaos, the recurring contrast in his border messaging (see the same-day post on Supreme Court "powers and strength"). No sadism, grudge-bearing, or paranoid content appears in the choice itself; the union's grievance about the DHS shutdown emboldening cartels is the union's assertion, not his.

Authorship here is a selection question, not a composition one: there is no prose to run stylometric checks against. The timing — mid-morning Eastern, matching typical staff posting hours, and a near-instant repost of a flattering tag — reads more like routine staff amplification of favorable coverage than an impulsive late-night reaction, but with no typos, no personal framing, and no other signal to weigh, that reading stays speculative.

## Authorship Analysis

**Aide-Written** (score: 25%)

### Indicators

- Reposted only 23 minutes after the original tweet's 8:30 AM timestamp, consistent with staff monitoring and rapid amplification
- Posted at approximately 8:53 AM Eastern, within typical business hours for staff activity
- No text of his own attached — this is a selection decision, not a composition, so no stylometric evidence exists
- Content is purely validating/flattering, the kind of material staff routinely queue for amplification

## Psychological Profile

### Traits

**Big Five:**
- Extraversion: 50%
- Agreeableness: 40%
- Conscientiousness: 40%
- Neuroticism: 20%
- Openness: 30%

Strongest facet: assertiveness via association

**Motives:**
- Communion: 20%

Primary drive: status

### Narrative

- **Role:** protector/restorer of order
- **Arc:** redemption
- **Contrasting:** Biden administration border policy

**Identity Claims:**
- Implicitly accepts the union's framing of his administration as the source of border security

### State

**Grandiose State**

**Trigger:** Supply Seeking (Unsolicited praise from Border Patrol Union account tagging @POTUS Trump)

Sentiment: +0.40

### Clinical

**Malignant Narcissism:**
- Narcissistic: 30%
- Antisocial: 0%
- Paranoid: 0%
- Sadism: 0%

**Defense Mechanisms:**
- idealization (immature)

**Cognitive Complexity:**
- Complexity: 0%

**Parasocial Techniques:**
- Amplifying an in-group authority's testimonial rather than making the claim in his own voice

## Tags

- validation-amplification (70%)
- border-security (60%)
- protector-role (50%)

## That day

_From trump.fm's machine-generated digest of the day, not his words._

**He demoted the "supreme court" to lowercase, then threatened higher tariffs than the ones it had just struck down**

Trump spent the day still chewing on the Supreme Court ruling that struck down his tariffs three days earlier, and by early morning he was announcing he would write "supreme court" in lowercase until further notice. He insisted the loss had actually handed him more power, then threatened any country that tries to "play games" with the decision with even steeper tariffs — while his administration quietly signed a proclamation routing around the ruling under a different law. The middle of the day was a burst of borrowed praise: Border Patrol union endorsements, Fox segments, a Florida campaign announcement. He resurfaced after a six-hour afternoon silence to publicly correct reports that his top general opposes war with Iran, then closed on a friendly note about saving Utah's Great Salt Lake. A poll putting his approval at a record low, a blizzard shutting down New York, and a canal-ports win in Panama all went unmentioned.

Full digest for 2026-02-23: https://trump.fm/date/2026-02-23/analysis

## Citation

- APA: Trump, D. J. (2026, February 23).  [Social media post]. Truth Social. trump.fm. https://trump.fm/post/ts_116120276365839507
- MLA: Trump, Donald J. "" Truth Social, 23 Feb. 2026. trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_116120276365839507. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.
- Chicago: Donald J. Trump, "," Truth Social, February 23, 2026, archived at trump.fm, https://trump.fm/post/ts_116120276365839507.

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